HIST 300The Idea of History
- Faculty
- Arts
- Offered
- Winter
- Credit
- 0.5
- Last listed
- 1994–95
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1970–71 to 1994–95 (before that, 1963–64 to 1964–65 used the number for Canadian and American History Since 1760); the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
The course is an introduction to the Philosophy of History and to historiography from the 19th century to the present. It deals with the great theoretical issues influencing historical analysis and with the classics of historical literature. Highly recommended for Year Three History majors.
As printed in the 1983–84 to 1994–95 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original. Later calendars (1995–96 on) aren’t on uwloo.
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In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1963–64 to 1994–95, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.
1983–84 to 1994–95 12 calendars
The course is an introduction to the Philosophy of History and to historiography from the 19th century to the present. It deals with the great theoretical issues influencing historical analysis and with the classics of historical literature.
Highly recommended for Year Three History majors.
Offered Winter · 0.5 credit
Not in the 1981–82 to 1982–83 calendars.
1980–81 1 calendar
Another title: Law and Conflict on the Canadian Frontier, to 1870, probably a different course under the same number (or a misread scan).
A survey of the history of Western Canada. Various topics will be examined including native-white contact, the fur trade, exploration, missions and early European settlement.
Instructor: Patterson.
Oftered at St. Jerome’s College. 1980-87.
Offered Fall · 0.5 credit
Not in the 1977–78 to 1979–80 calendars.
1975–76 to 1976–77 2 calendars
Another title: Psychohistory and Personal Identity, probably a different course under the same number (or a misread scan).
An examination of how the creation of personal meaning and identity is affected by authoritarianism and movements for social liberation. Exploration of the personal impact of encounters with authoritarian systems and libertarian movements. Readings from some of the following: Bettelheim, Coles, Erikson, Fanon, Keniston, Lifton, Marcuse, Reich, and Vallieres.
Prereq: Consent of instructor. 3 hours
Not in the 1971–72 to 1974–75 calendars.
1970–71 1 calendar
Titled Department of History.
Not in the 1965–66 to 1969–70 calendars.
1963–64 to 1964–65 2 calendars
Another title: Canadian and American History Since 1760, probably a different course under the same number (or a misread scan).
A general survey of Canadian history with the introduction of several themes from American history that have a bearing on Canadian development.
3 lectures.
_ 310. History of the Modern World Since 1867, from the Onset of Imperial —/ Rivalry to Modern Internationalism.
; 3 lectures.